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avadoodle
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Videos supposedly export to my computer but cannot be played outside of Dropbox

I have a series of MP4 videos shared with me via Dropbox and I am able to play them no problem within Dropbox, but when I try to export any of them to my laptop or phone it takes several minutes with...
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lukeyo
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4 years ago

I wonder if you could try play the .mp4 files in another player app?

I use VLC when nothing else works...

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